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University of Washington SPIRITUAL AND BEREAVEMENT CARE PROVIDER (PER DIEM, ROTATING/VARIABLE SHIFTS) in Seattle, Washington

Req #: 244374

Department: UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST SPIRITUAL CARE

Posting Date: 03/14/2025

Closing Info: Closes On 06/30/2025

Salary: $36.57 - $53.20 per hour

Shift: Alternate Work Shift

The UW MEDICAL CENTER - NORTHWEST – SPIRITUAL CARE DEPARTMENT has an outstanding opportunity for a SPIRITUAL AND BEREAVEMENT CARE PROVIDER. WORK SCHEDULE • Per Diem • Rotating/Variable Shifts on Saturdays and Sundays

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS • Provide high quality, cross-culturally sensitive spiritual care to patients, families and staff • This position offers patients, families, and staff the opportunity to embrace the spiritual component of health, illness, and death by supporting and exploring ones spiritual coping practices and address any spiritual, religious or existential distress • Attend to the diversity of cultures and spiritual needs by the multi-faith and inter-spiritual nature of our work and by our partnerships with many cultural and spiritual traditions • Assess and respond to the complexities of spiritual, religious, and existential (SRE) distress and support and explore SRE coping practices

DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION The mission of the Department of Spiritual Care & Wellbeing is to support patients, caregivers and staff as they navigate suffering, uncertainty, and loss. Our department values reflect the UW Medicine’s Service Culture Guidelines of compassion, respect, collaboration, teamwork, diversity, equity, inclusion, innovation, education, integrity, accountability and excellence. We are committed to the clinical practice and assessment models of outcomes oriented spiritual care.

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES • Provide Spiritual Care counsel including positive, supportive, discrete, respectful, kind, approachable, courteous, affirming, inclusive and welcoming assistance to patients and families and staff • Effectively communicate with UWMC Spiritual Care Teams for highest quality plan of care coordination • Lead after-hours Staff Care (Tea for the Soul) when requested by department

REQUIRED POSITION QUALIFICATIONS • Masters Degree of Divinity (MDiv) or equivalent • Written verbatim demonstrating best work, analysis of visit, insight and learnings and understanding of spiritual distress or other challenging. Please email a copy of verbatim directly to spiritualcare@uw.edu. • Endorsement or statement of good standing in religious, spiritual or philosophical tradition • Have completed at least one unit of CPE in the ACPE Program. Preference to those who have completed additional units or are eligible for APC Board Certification • Received recommendation of ACPE supervisor (for those with only one unit)

ABOUT UW MEDICAL CENTER-NORTHWEST UW Medical Center is an acute care hospital located in Seattle with two campuses: Montlake and Northwest. As the No. 1 hospital in Seattle and Washington State since 2012 (U.S. News & World Report) and nationally ranked in six specialties, UW Medical Center prides itself on compassionate patient care as well as its pioneering medical advances.

The UW Medical Center–Northwest campus offers emergency and inpatient and outpatient medical, surgical, and therapeutic care. It is located in north Seattle on a beautiful, easy-to-access 44-acre campus that includes the neighboring Northwest Outpatient Medical Center and Specialty Care Meridian Pavilion. Teamwork. Community. Opportunity. Become part of our team. Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

ABOUT UW MEDICINE – WHERE YOUR IMPACT GOES FURTHER
UW Medicine is Washington’s only health system that includes a top-rated medical school and an internationally recognized research center. UW Medicine’s mission is to improve the health of the public by advancing medical knowledge, providing outstanding primary and specialty care to the people of the region, and preparing tomorrow’s physicians, scientists and other health professionals.

All across UW Medicine, our employees collaborate to perform the highest quality work with integrity and compassion and to create a respectful, welcoming environment where every patient, family, student and colleague is valued and honored. Nearly 29,000 healthcare professionals, researchers, and educators work in the UW Medicine family of organizations that includes: Harborview Medical Center, UW Medical Center - Montlake, UW Medical Center - Northwest, Valley Medical Center, UW Medicine Primary Care, UW Physicians, UW School of Medicine, and Airlift Northwest.

Join our mission to make life healthier for everyone in our community.

University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to, among other things, race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information.

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